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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SuperBench
Message-ID: <791@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 89 18:42:39 GMT
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     Bill Davis pointed out an easier way to preserve the "Trash" directory
while deleting its contents.  Just reset the "deletable" protection bit
(using either the "Protect" command or the Workbench "Info" option).  Then
when you try to discard the "Trash" directory the contents are deleted but
the directory and its icon are not.

     The only drawback to this approach is you have to remember to change
the protection bits any time you use Workbench to copy the "Trash"
directory to another disk.  

     So, you can simulate the behavior of the trashcan very closely with
existing software--which makes the trashcan pretty much redundant.

--Fabbian Dufoe
  350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South
  St. Petersburg, Florida  33705
  813-823-2350

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